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“There is a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end,” Trump wrote.
“BUT, AT THIS VERY MOMENT, THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN TROOPS ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE RUSSIAN MILITARY, AND IN A VERY BAD AND VULNERABLE POSITION,” Trump added, switching to all-caps for emphasis as he often does.
“I have strongly requested to President Putin that their lives be spared. This would be a horrible massacre, one not seen since World War II. God bless them all!!!” Trump said.
...Putin suggested on Wednesday that not only is the Ukrainian force on the verge of being completely eliminated, but victorious Russian troops may push beyond the border to create a “security zone” of captured Ukrainian territory.
Putin responded in a televised address to his Security Council on Friday, accusing the Ukrainian invaders of “terrorism” but suggesting they might receive lenient treatment – if they unconditionally surrender.
“I would like to emphasize that if they lay down their arms and surrender, they will be guaranteed life and decent treatment in accordance with international law and the laws of the Russian Federation,” Putin said.
“To effectively implement the appeal of the U.S. president, a corresponding order from the military-political leadership of Ukraine is needed for its military units to lay down their arms and surrender,” he stressed.
...The Ukrainian military insisted its forces in Kursk are not surrounded or on the brink of destruction, dismissing reports to the contrary as “false and fabricated by the Russians.” They undermined these denials somewhat by ordering mandatory evacuations in Sumy, the part of Ukraine that Russia would invade if its forces pushed across the border from Kursk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Putin was merely “doing everything possible to ensure that diplomacy fails.”
“Putin cannot get out of this war, because then he will be left with nothing. That is why he is now doing everything possible to sabotage diplomacy, setting extremely difficult and unacceptable conditions from the very beginning, even before the cease-fire,” Zelensky said.
Zelensky previously dismissed Putin’s response to Trump’s ceasefire overtures as “very predictable” and “very manipulative.”
“We do not set conditions that complicate anything. Russia does that. As we have always said, the only one who will drag things out, the only one who will be unconstructive is Russia,” he said.